 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1891 - 1036 pages
...DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO, No. 18. | Knojcrillf, Tenn., February 9, 18(54. lu compliance with orders from the President of the United States, I hereby assume command of the Department and Army of the Ohio. The departmental staff will remain unchanged, with the following exceptions... | |
 | George Lewis - Rhode Island artillery - 1892 - 666 pages
...WARRENTON, VA., Nov. 9, 1862. / General Orders No. i. In accordance with General Orders No. 182, issued by the President of the United States, I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. Patriotism and the exercise of my every energy, aided by the full and hearty co-operation of its officers... | |
 | Samuel Livingston French - History - 1906 - 382 pages
...Orders No. 1, assuming his command, as follows : "In accordance with General Orders No. 182, issued by the President of the United States, I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. Patriotism and the exercise of my every energy in the direction of this army, aided by the full and... | |
 | Penrose G. Mark - United States - 1911 - 616 pages
...the Regiment on the 21ith, and was as follows; "By direetion of the President of the United States, l hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. As a soldier, in oheying this order, an order totally unexpeled and unsolicited. l have no promises or pledges to make.... | |
 | Robert Laird Stewart - History - 1912 - 594 pages
...Meade issued the following order : • HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. June 28, 1863. By direction of the President of the United States, I hereby assume...unexpected and unsolicited — I have no promises nor pledges to make. The country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace... | |
 | George Gordon Meade, George Meade - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1913 - 508 pages
...the army. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, June 28, 1863. General Orders, No. 67. By direction of the President of the United States, I hereby assume...relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a foreign invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon to undergo, let us have in... | |
 | J. Warren Gilbert - Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - 1922 - 182 pages
...June 28th, 1863. "General Order No. 66. — By the direction of the President of the United States, l hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac....obeying this order, an order totally unexpected and unsolieited, l have no promises or pledges to make. The country looks to this army to relieve it from... | |
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By direction of the President of the United States, I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. As a soldier, in obeying this order — an order totally unexpected and unsolicited — I have no promises or pledges to make. The country looks to... 
